2015-2016 Catalog 
    
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2015-2016 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 2425 - Mechanics and Heat


4 Credits (3 hrs. lec., 3 hrs. lab.) This course includes the study of measurement, vector algebra, one- and two- dimensional motion, Newton’s laws of motion, kinematics, momentum and collisions, rotational motion and angular momentum, elasticity, oscillations and gravitational interactions, fluids, waves, temperature and the laws of thermodynamics. It also includes an appropriate laboratory program illustrating the principles learned in lecture. This course is primarily for physical science and engineering majors. (4001015403) Prerequisite: College Level Readiness in Reading AND Writing; MATH 2413 .